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" aient CLARK, schone, C FWINSTED, CONNECTICUT.

`Laim 'maar Np. 97,827, daad Beamter 14, 1869.

, i vrinpricnmis corran-HANDLE.

The Schedule referred toin these Letters Patent and part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern..-

State of Connecticut,

fin-Handles; and I do hereby declare that the ,following is a-full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawingspforming part of this specification.

. This invention relates to a new and useful improvementincofin-handles; and

' AIt consists, first, in double socketsof peculiar form. --andconstruction; secondfiu the manner of forming and securing the` pivotsin the arms; and third, in

the manner of securing the tubular handle `to the pivoted arms, all as,will be `hereinafter set forth.

{Imthe accompanying sheet of drawing- Figure l represents the handle,partly in section,

i applied to the side of a coiiu, the section ybein g through therlinex'x of iig. r2. i

Figure 21s a vertical section through the line y y of iig. 1. i

' 'Similar' letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. y

A is the handle proper, secured to the arms B B, as will be describedhereafter.

C Care' the sockets, by which the arms are hinged to the cofn. i

DD represent ornamental plates, of any desired ,shape or device, bywhich the upper ends of the 'sock-v ets 'e c are secured, as seen in thedrawing'.

`.llcnons are formed on the upper ends of the sock` ets, which pass intorecesses in the plates.

,'lhe lowersends of.` thesockets are secured by 'screws Y' i I e e arethe pivot-pieces, which project from the arms and `enter the sockets,forming the hinge, by which the handle is allowed to rise, until' theends of the arms strike the plates D.

The handle is shown in the raised position infig. 2. e The` pivots e areformed of iight-angle pieces of wire, planed in the mould, and cast inthe-arms, as seen `in the sectional portion of the drawing, fig. 1.These wires (or the portions which are enclosed by `the metal) areflattened, and the inner attened sides are` placed together, as seen inthe drawing, so that the armswill be strengthened thereby. I v i Ascciin-handles have heretofore generally been made, but one socket andfor each-end of the handle.

By employing twosockets, in the manner shown in times occur at funerals,are prevented.

me, this 30th 'day of July, 186.

pivot have been employed the drawing, and thereby doubling the strengthof Beit known that I, CLARK STRONG, of Winsted, in

the county of Litcheld, and have invented a new and useful Improvementin' Cof l the hinge, the unfortunate accidents, which some-v Gastinginthe arms the flattened shanks of the -pivots e, prevents the arms frombreaking, and there# by another safeguard is provided.

It will be seen that the strain upon a single pivot I would be verygreat, and 'that the cast arms B, unprotected by -wroughtiron o1isteel,'are liable to break.

My object is vto increase the strength, and render a failure ofthe partssimply impossible'.v

Every precaution-should' be taken to prevent the distressingscenes,which sometimes occur at funerals, by the breaking or failnreof thecoffin-handles.

The outer ends of the arms B form` a ring, which receives the ends ofthe tubular handles A.

F represents the tips, which enter the ends of the handle (wit-hin therings G).of the arms. i

The ends of the handle are slotted, as seen in the drawing, so that theymay the `more readily be exlpanded, after being placedin the ring.

When these ends have been `thus expanded, the' tips F are forced intothem, making the connection permanent, and forming a handsome `finish tothe handle. A cross-section of the, parts within the ring. of the arm isSeen in fig-2,

The advantages of thisl method of. constructing cof- -n-handles are,that while the expense is not mate rially increased, a handsome andornamentalV handle is produced, and perfect safety from accident isin-Having thus described my invention,

.I claim as, new, and desire to secure byY Letters Patent- 1..The use4of double sockets 0 C, in; combination with the-arm of theCottin-handle, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. Providing the arms B with pivots c e, formed of 'pieces of wire, andvhaving a Iightiangled flattenedv shank placed together,l so that whenthe arm is cast upon` them, there will be an equal thickness of 'metalvon both sides thereof', substantially as described;

3.` Securing the handle A to pivoted arms B B, by

means 0f the tips F, driveninto the slotted ends of .the handle,substantially as set forth.

'.lheabove specification of my invention signed by CLARK STRONG.

Witnesses: y

GEO. W. Manna, ALEX. ROBERTS.

